The Da Vinci (Chess?) Code
I just read in the news this evening that experts have possibly linked the illustrations of a 1500's chess puzzle book to Leonardo da Vinci. I say, why not? Leonardo had his hand in everything else, including modern-day machines and physiological research. Truly, he was the quintessential Renaissance man. Check it out.
Experts link Leonardo da Vinci to chess puzzles in long-lost Renaissance treatise